NGO's Oppose 5 Countries Running For Seats On UN Human Rights Council

The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled today to elect 14 new members to the 47-member Human Rights Council. UN Watch reports that human rights groups are calling on UN members to reject 5 of the 14 countries that are running unopposed. They say that Libya, Angola, Mauritania, Qatar and Malaysia all have poor human rights records. A particularly strong appeal has been made by 37 NGO's urging the defeat of Libya's candidacy. (Full text of NGO letter.)